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OLIVIA What kind o’ man is he?

MALVOLIO Why, of mankind.

OLIVIA What manner of man?
MALVOLIO Of very ill manner.
VIOLA Most radiant, exquisite, and unmatchable
beauty—I pray you, tell me if this be the lady of the
house, for I never saw her. I would be loath to cast
away my speech, for, besides that it is excellently
well penned, I have taken great pains to con it. Good
beauties, let me sustain no scorn. I am very comptible
even to the least sinister usage.
VIOLA
’Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white
Nature’s own sweet and cunning hand laid on.
Lady, you are the cruel’st she alive
If you will lead these graces to the grave
And leave the world no copy
SEBASTIAN By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly
over me. The malignancy of my fate might perhaps
distemper yours. Therefore I shall crave of you your
leave that I may bear my evils alone. It were a bad
recompense for your love to lay any of them on you.
ANTONIO If you will not murder me for my love, let me
be your servant.
ANTONIO
The gentleness of all the gods go with thee!
I have many enemies in Orsino’s court,
Else would I very shortly see thee there.
But come what may, I do adore thee so
That danger shall seem sport, and I will go.
VIOLA
I am the man. If it be so, as ’tis,
Poor lady, she were better love a dream.
FOOL Now the melancholy god protect thee and the
tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta, for thy
mind is a very opal. I would have men of such
constancy put to sea, that their business might be
everything and their intent everywhere, for that’s it
that always makes a good voyage of nothing.
Farewell.
(fabian) If I lose a scruple of this sport, let me be boiled to death with melancholy.
MARIA Close, in the name of jesting!
TOBY I could marry this wench for this device.
ANDREW So could I too.
TOBY And ask no other dowry with her but such
another jest.
ANDREW Nor I neither.
OLIVIA For his thoughts,
Would they were blanks rather than filled with me.
OLIVIA, aside
O, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful
In the contempt and anger of his lip!